Invertebrate Zoology

Topics

• single celled species to the great variety of multicellular body forms. Emphasis
• selected taxa following phylogenesis and the evolution of key innovations that define each
• preserved specimens,
• function(s) they serve, how they compare to structures that perform the same (or different)
• conclusion of the course you
• how they function, survive and persist in their environment and, hopefully, have an appreciation
• of the great array of animal diversity that currently exists
• Demonstrate the ability to use microscopes
• Demonstrate the ability to perform dissections using a variety of taxa
• diversity of animals that lack notochords and/or vertebrae, ranging from single celled
• species to the great variety of multicellular body forms
• the role and methods of phylogenetics in understanding relationships among taxa
• the evolution of key innovations in each taxonomic group
• synapomorphies that define each taxonomic group
• development in the evolution of major taxa
• structures that perform the same (or different) functions in other taxa
• written format
• the great array of animal diversity that currently exists